Wine Festival 2008: Show time

Karen Scott, center, jokes with chef Sam Talbot, left, as Scott's mother Dottie Merenda, behind, looks on while plates were selected for Friday's Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinner at the Scott's home in Naples. The Scott's are expecting 24 guests to their vintner dinner with the theme "Lemons to Lemonade." The cost per couple is $7,500 per couple or $20,000 for a table of four.

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Tom Colicchio, center, chef and owner of Craft Restaurants, butchers venison in the kitchen so it will be prepped and ready for Friday's Naples Winter Wine Festival Vintner Dinner at Karen and Bob Scott's home in Naples while chefs Damon Wise, far left, Marco Canora, left, and Harold Dieterle watch. The Scott's are expecting 24 guests to their vintner dinner with the theme "Lemons to Lemonade." The cost per couple is $7,500 per couple or $20,000 for a table of four.

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Rufino Hernandez, owner of Garden District, left, and Mia McKee, creative floral designer, right, look over the back yard of the Karen and Bob Scott's home in Naples as they make plans to decorate for Friday's Naples Winter Wine Festival Vintner Dinner at Karen and Bob Scott's home in Naples while chefs Damon Wise, far left, Marco Canora, left, and Harold Dieterle watch. The Scott's are expecting 24 guests to their vintner dinner with the theme "Lemons to Lemonade." The cost per couple is $7,500 per couple or $20,000 for a table of four.

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Tom Colicchio, center, chef and owner of Craft Restaurants, greets Mia McKee, creative floral designer for Garden District, as they prepare for Friday's Naples Winter Wine Festival Vintner Dinner at Karen and Bob Scott's home in Naples. The Scott's are expecting 24 guests to their vintner dinner with the theme "Lemons to Lemonade." The cost per couple is $7,500 per couple or $20,000 for a table of four.

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Rufino Hernandez, owner of Garden District, center, and Mia McKee, creative floral designer, right, look over Karen Scott's menu for Friday's Naples Winter Wine Festival Vintner Dinner at the Scott's home in Naples. The Scott's are expecting 24 guests to their vintner dinner with the theme "Lemons to Lemonade." The cost per couple is $7,500 per couple or $20,000 for a table of four.

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One Romero, an employee with Kehoe Designs from Chicago, moves a mirrored table top Thursday that will be used as part of the design of the Vintner dinner the homes of Retta and Elliot Singer and Joan and Bob Clifford in North Naples on Friday.

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Sous chef Josh Evans, right, washes out dishes as Executive Chef Pierre Calmels, right, prepares food Thursday for the Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinner at the home of first-time trustees Joan and Bob Clifford. Georges Perrier, owner of Le Bec-Sin in Philadelphia, will be the chef in charge of the dinner on Friday night.

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Naples Winter Wine Festival trustees Retta Singer, left, and Joan Clifford listen to their event coordinator on Thursday as he talks about plans for the vintner dinner that takes place on Friday night at the North Naples homes of both women.

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Vince Hart, the event coordinator for one of the Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinners, talks about where the decorations can go at the home of festival trustee Retta Singer on Thursday in North Naples. "It's like putting on a Broadway Show for one night, " said Hart of the design for the dinner that will take place Friday night.

Executive Chef Pierre Calmels, right, prepares food Thursday for the Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinner at the home of first-time trustees Joan and Bob Clifford. Georges Perrier, owner of Le Bec-Sin in Philadelphia, will be the chef in charge of the dinner on Friday night.

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The Regent, a condominium overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in North Naples, is the location for the Naples Winter Wine Festival vintner dinner hosted by trustees Retta and Elliot Singer and Joan and Bob Clifford.

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Master chef Jose Gutierrez, of Encore Restaurant and Bar in Memphis, lightens up the room with song while preparing his "Chocolate Temptation" dessert at the Naples home of J.D. and Mary Susan Clinton, on Thursday evening. For their seventh year hosting a vintner party, the Clintons have planned a five-course meal for their 36 guests to the theme "To Reach the Unreachable Star."